Motahar Uddin
Motahar Uddin Ahmed, popularly known as Motahar Uddin Master was a Bangladeshi teacher and Awami League politician. He was a member of parliament for Bakerganj-3.
Early life and family
Motahar Uddin Ahmed was born on 24 August 1935 to a Bengali Muslim family in the Hawlader Bari of Gazaria, Lalmohan in Bhola Island, then a part of the Backergunge District of the Bengal Presidency. His father, Moulvi Sultan Ahmad, was a madrasa teacher and his mother, Asiya Khatun, was a housewife. He was the eldest child of his parents and had six younger sisters. He married Mahmuda Begum and they had two sons and one daughter.Education
Motahar Uddin studied at the Chandpur Middle School in Tazumuddin and then at the Bhola Government High School up until 1950. He then enrolled at the Brojomohun College where he passed first class in his Higher [Secondary School Certificate|HSC] in 1951. Uddin graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education from the University of Dacca.Career
Uddin was the headteacher of Gazaria School. He was elected to the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly following the 1970 Pakistani provincial elections and took part in the Bangladesh Liberation War. During the war, he was the founding president of the Char Fasson Sangram Committee and the founding vice-president of the Lalmohan Sangram Committee.Following independence, he was elected to the first Jatiya Sangsad from Bakerganj-3 as an Awami League candidate at the 1973 Bangladeshi general election. He founded Surjamoni New Model Secondary School.